Quant Developer

Quanta Search

$100K — $150K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 1-5 years of professional software engineering experience in a collaborative environment
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or other quantitative discipline
  • Proficiency in object-oriented programming, design patterns, and data structures
  • Experience with the software delivery lifecycle and writing production-quality code
  • Fluency in Python for data analytics and research, familiarity with C++
  • Experience with SQL and historical time series data
  • Detail-oriented and quick learner in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

  • Build a robust, scalable research infrastructure for alpha estimation and risk modeling
  • Develop a modular platform for quant trading including model building, optimization, and execution
  • Create high-performance, low-latency systems for live trading and simulation
  • Implement robust data checking, transformation, and storage procedures
  • Design visualization tools for market, trade, position, and risk monitoring
  • Maintain and troubleshoot trading systems

Benefits

  • Opportunity to grow your career within a newly formed and strategic team
  • Engagement in building next-generation research and quant trading systems
  • Involvement in collaborative projects that support live trading across multiple frequencies and products
Full Job Description
Role:
Quantitative developer who will join the newly formed Central Research Technology team, which builds strategic solutions for research and live trading of quantitative strategies across multiple frequencies and products. This is a unique opportunity to grow your career with the team while building the next generation of research and quant trading systems.

Role/Responsibilities:
• Building a robust, scalable research infrastructure, including alpha estimation and risk
modeling components
• Developing a seamless but modular platform to handle all aspects of quant trading -
model building, optimization, and trade execution
• Building high-performance/low-latency modular systems for live trading and simulation
• Developing robust data checking, transformation and storage procedures
• Building visualization tools and monitors for market/trade/position/risk
• Maintenance and troubleshooting of trading systems

Requirements:
- 1-5 years of professional software engineering experience in a collaborative environment
- Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or other quantitative discipline
- Understanding of object oriented programming, design patterns and data structures
- Experience with the software delivery lifecycle and writing production-quality code
- Fluency in Python (and its ecosystem) for data analytics and research
- Familiarity with C++
- Experience working with SQL and historical time series data
- Experience working with real time data/systems preferred
- Reasonable quantitative and statistical skills
- Experience in Finance is preferred
- Open source contributions/projects are a plus
- Team player with strong pride of ownership
- Detail oriented and quick learner in a fast-paced environment

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